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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "išminties akmuo"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "Wunnersteen"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "batu hikmat"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "de vises stein"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sang-e jâdu",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "سنگ جادو"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sang-e falâsefe",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "سنگ فلاسفه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamień filozoficzny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tynktura"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra filosofal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piatră filozofală"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "filosófskij kámenʹ",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "филосо́фский ка́мень"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "sparśamaṇi",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "स्पर्शमणि"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "sparśopala",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "स्पर्शोपल"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "paraśa",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "परश"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "камен мудрости"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "камен мудраца"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamen mudrosti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamen mudraca"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kameň mudrcov"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamen modrosti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra filosofal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "de vises sten"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "bato ng pilosopo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sìlaa àatan",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "ศิลาอาถรรพ์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "ศิลานักปราชญ์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "felsefe taşı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "filosófsʹkyj káminʹ",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "філосо́фський ка́мінь"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "pelsepe tëshi",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "پەلسەپە تېشى"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "hòn đá phù thủy"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "philosopher's stone",
"word": "đá tạo vàng"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"philosopher's stone"
],
"word": "philosopher's stone"
}
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